ISLAMABAD: After accusing India's BJP government of having a "racist" ideology and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having the "mindset of Hitler", Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said the events in Jammu and Kashmir were unfolding "exactly according to RSS ideology inspired by Nazi ideology".

PYONGYANG/SEOUL: North Korea on Sunday said the country's leader Kim Jong-un supervised the test-firing of a "new weapon" in the launch of two projectiles the previous day and expressed "great satisfaction" with the result.

LAHORE: An accountability court here on Friday granted the country's anti-corruption watchdog physical remand of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz as well as her cousin Yousaf Abbas till August 21.

SEOUL: North Korea has called the test of two short-range ballistic missiles, under its leader Kim Jong-un's guidance, a "solemn warning" to the South Korean "warmongers", the state media reported on Friday.

NEW YORK: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has acknowledged that some terrorists in Pakistan had fought in Kashmir while asserting that he had the army's support for disarming them and for overtures to India.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday likened his country's money laundering suspects to the Sicilian mafia, saying they also use bribes, threats and blackmail to pressurize state institutions and the judiciary to protect their money illegally stashed abroad.

KABUL: At least 10 persons were killed after a group of Taliban fighters stormed a hotel in Afghanistan's Badghis province on Saturday, leading to a gunfight with the security forces, an official said.

TORONTO: Punjabis are known for their bravery in almost all fields but now the Canadian Flag made from pearls on the eve of 152nd day celebrations of Canada on July 1, has become talk on the foreign land and applauded by all the Canadians.

INDIANAPOLIS: The 12th Annual Asian Fest, presented by Asian American Alliance, was filled with new discoveries, flavors, sights and sound from Asia, at the Indiana State Museum/White River State Park here on Sunday.

KATHMANDU: Thousands of protesters gathered in the Nepalese capital on Wednesday demanding the government to scrap a controversial bill to nationalize trusts that manage temples amid fears the move would jeopardize the centuries-old Hindu culture and religious traditions.

CHANDIGARH: The Consulate General of India, Frankfurt, Germany, organized an event to commemorate the 550th Birth Anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji and to celebrate the harvest festival of Baisakhi on 12 April, 2019 in Frankfurt.

BEIJING: China on Monday said it has made "positive progress" with other parties on the issue of declaring Pakistan-based terror group JeM chief Masood Azhar as an international terrorist but warned that a US-proposed draft resolution on it will only complicate the matter.

LONDON: Conservative MPs from across the ruling party have threatened to reject any effort by British Prime Minister Theresa May to lead them into a snap election, warning it would aggrevate the Brexit crisis, the media reported.

WELLIGTON: Military style semi-automatic weapons (MSSA) and assault rifles are to be banned in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday, a week after 50 people were massacred in two mosques by an Australian man.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has issued the first veto of his presidency, rejecting a legislation to overturn his declaration of a national emergency to fund a wall along the country's Mexican border, insisting that the situation on the southern frontier amounted to a threat to Americans' safety.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that his government would not let any armed groups function in the country amid intensifying crackdown on Islamist groups and their leaders.